Prešeren's mentor Matija Čop returns
to Ljubljana from Poland, and becomes a librarian.

1828

(26th March) - Prešeren completes all
the formalities, and the next day is made a Doctor of
Law.

1828

he spends some time in Moravia, with
his former pupil.

1828

(1st September) - he is employed as
a trainee by the lawyer Dr Leopold Baumgarten.

1829-31

Prešeren also works as an apprentice
at the Ljubljana tax office.

1829-32

the poet is friendly with Marija Johana
Khlun from Graz; even though this is a serious and initially
reciprocal love, Prešeren later withdraws for reasons
that are not quite clear.

1830

the first volume of Kranjska čbelica
(The Carniolan Bee) appears, in which Prešeren's translation
of the poem Leonora, his ballad Povodni mož (The River
Man) and the poem Slovo od mladosti (A Farewell to My
Youth) are published.

1831

the publication of the second volume
of Kranjska čbelica, with Prešeren's Ljubezenski soneti
(Love Sonnets), Nova pisarija (The New Writing) and the
romance Hčere svet (The Daughter's Advice).

1831-34

he works as a trainee in the office
of the lawyer Dr Baumgarten.

1832

he prepares for his legal examination
in Klagenfurt and only just passes the exam.

1832

his first application for an independent
legal practice is submitted and rejected.

1832

the publication of the third volume
of Kranjska čbelica, with some new poems by Prešeren.

1833

Matija Čop publishes in Ilirski list
the translation of the review of Kranjska čbelica written
by the Czech literary critic and poet Čelakovsky, who
praises Prešeren's poems.

1833

(6th April) - in the church in Trnovo,
Prešeren meets Julija Primic, the daughter of a rich Ljubljana
merchant. The poet's love for Julija marks his personal
and poetic fate for the rest of his life.

1834

the publication of Sonetni venec (A
Wreath of Sonnets), which he dedicates to Julija, by means
of an acrostic. The young lady, and particularly her mother,
are not too pleased.

1834

Prešeren is employed by Dr Blaž Crobath,
for whom he works until he moves to Kranj in 1846.

1834

the publication of the fourth volume
of Kranjska čbelica.

1834

Prešeren applies for legal practice
for a second time and is rejected again.

1835

Matija Čop drowns whilst swimming in
the Sava near Tomačevo.

1835

the poet publishes Krst pri Savici (The
Baptism by the Savica) himself.

1837

two Polish political exiles, Emil Korytko
and Boguslav Horodinyski, arrive in Ljubljana. In Korytko,
Prešeren finds a kindred spirit and a good friend.

1837

the poet meets fifteen-year old Ana
Jelovšek, with which he later has three children out of
wedlock.

Prešeren frequently socialises with
his old friend and schoolmate, Andrej Smole, after the
latter returns to Ljubljana following a long stay abroad.
Together, they plan publications of literature in Slovene
and even a Slovene newspaper.

1840

Andrej Smole has a stroke at the dinner
celebrating his name-day. He dies in Prešeren's arms.

1840

the rejection of the poet's third application
for a legal practice.

1841

Prešeren falls in love again, his love
is not reciprocated and he has another poetically productive
period. His muse this time is Jerica Podboj, the daughter
of the innkeeper Metka Podboj; the poet spends a lot of
time in Pekel (The Inferno), Metka's inn.

1842

Mina Prešeren, the poet's mother, dies.

1842

the birth of Prešeren's second child,
Ernestina Jelovšek. Her memoirs of her father, published
in 1903, are a valuable, albeit not the most reliable,
source of research into and understanding of the poet's
life and work.

1843

the poet writes Nezakonska mati (The
Unmarried Mother).

1843

Kmetijske in rokodelske novice (The
Farming and Crafts News) begins to appear. The editor,
Janez Bleiweis, does not invite Prešeren to contribute.

1843

Prešeren's fourth application for a
legal practice is rejected.

1844

Prešeren writes Zdravljica (A Toast).

1846

his fifth application for a legal practice
is rejected, too.

1846

Prešeren hands a manuscript of Poezije
(Poems) to be censored.

1846

the poet submits his sixth application
for a legal practice - this time, not for one in Ljubljana,
but in Kranj or Postojna.

1846

the censor approves the publication
of Poems.

1846

Prešeren is granted a legal practice
in Kranj.

1846

in October, the poet moves to Kranj,
where he starts his independent legal practice.

1846

in December, the Poems by Dr France
Prešeren are printed, the key literary work of the time
and of Slovene literature in general. 1200 copies are
printed, bearing the year 1847, and the book sells relatively
well for those days.

1848

Novice publishes Zdravljica.

1848

a revolution in Vienna. The poet actively
involved with the national defence in Kranj.

1849

France Prešeren dies in Kranj, of cirrhosis
of the liver.

1849

(10th February) - the poet is buried
solemnly in Kranj, and at the wake, a committee is founded
to organise a monument in his memory.

1852

Prešeren's remains are moved to what
is the central part of the Kranj cemetery and a monument
is erected on his grave. Bleiweis gives a speech, and
a choir sings Levstik's poem On Prešeren's Grave, set
to music by Gregor Rihar.

1944

the Slovene national freedom council
proclaims the 8th of February as a Slovene national cultural
holiday.

1947

the first Prešeren awards for cultural
and artistic achievements are presented.

1992

the Bank of Slovenia issues a 1000 tolar
bank-note, on which there is an image of Dr France Prešeren,
which comes into circulation in 1992.

1994

with the coming into force of the law
on the coat of arms, the flag and the anthem adopted by
the Slovene National Assembly, Prešeren's Zdravljica becomes
the official Slovene anthem.